HSK 6 · Society

表决 biǎojué “to vote” in Chinese

Traditional 表決

What 表决 means

  1. to vote
  2. to decide by vote

How to say 表决

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale表biǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale决jué2nd tone, rising

表决 in a sentence

  1. 大家举手表决，决定周末去爬山。

    Dàjiā jǔshǒu biǎojué, juédìng zhōumò qù páshān.

    Everyone voted by a show of hands and decided to go hiking at the weekend.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个方案明天会议上表决。

    Zhè ge fāng'àn míngtiān huìyì shàng biǎojué.

    This proposal will be put to a vote at tomorrow’s meeting.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 表决 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 表 (biǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
表biǎoexterior surface
  • 毛fur · máo
  • 衣clothes · yī

Memory aidFur 毛 on the outside of clothes 衣: the outside, to show.

The character 决 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
决juéto decide
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.

How to write 表决

表 8 strokes · 决 6 strokes

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表决 (biǎojué) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 表决 (biǎojué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 表决

Words with 表

手表shǒubiǎo · watch表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise表演biǎoyǎn · to perform表格biǎogé · form表达biǎodá · to express表明biǎomíng · to make clear表现biǎoxiàn · to show代表dàibiǎo · representative表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression

Words with 决

解决jiějué · settle a dispute决定juédìng · decide决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)决心juéxīn · determination坚决jiānjué · firm决策juécè · to make a policy decision否决fǒujué · to veto判决pànjué · verdict

More words: Society & Law

保卫bǎowèi · to defend保障bǎozhàng · to ensure被告bèigào · defendant辩护biànhù · to defend表彰biǎozhāng · to commend剥削bōxuē · to exploit草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)

FAQs

表决 (biǎojué) means “to vote” or “to decide by vote”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biǎojué: biǎo with a 3rd tone, then jué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 表决 is written 表決. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaojue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 表决 from the suggestions. Typing biaojue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
表决 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.